A new roundtable by CISAC affiliate @laurensukin.bsky.social and Rohan Mukherjee examines the evolving global nuclear order, with several papers by former CISAC postdocs that show the interconnected nature of nuclear challenges and the vital role of domestic politics.

🚨 Where is nuclear competition in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific today? What impact does US-China competition have on nuclear proliferation in Southern Asia? I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...

It was a delight to discuss the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems at the Athenaeum series at Claremont McKenna College earlier this week! @cmc.edu

Read @debak.bsky.social in a new @tnsr.org roundtable: From India–Pakistan skirmishes to US–China rivalry, nuclear stability in Southern Asia is under pressure. Factor in AUKUS-driven sub tech transfers, and the risk of escalation grows.

How is U.S.—China rivalry fueling a dangerous cascade of nuclear proliferation across Southern Asia? @debak.bsky.social explores the ripple effects of AUKUS and regional competition. 📖 Read here: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...

One year unilateral adherence to New START treaty being proposed by Moscow is a positive sign that the last remaining arms control mechanism between the US and Russia does not need to disappear after February 2026. #ArmsControl #NukeSky nbcnews.com/world/russia...

I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🧵 How did India acquire space technology that it then used for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles? - It got technology from France to build the Space Launch Vehicle-3 rocket that became the Agni ballistic missile - ISRO tech was used by DRDO #NukeSky Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

BTG alum Debak Das just published Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles in Security Studies. Check in out below. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Korbel Prof @debak.bsky.social: Given the recent crises over China’s new ICBM silos, Iran’s ballistic missile testing, and North Korea’s continued expansion of missile forces, policymakers need to understand how states proliferate nuclear delivery vehicles to be able to limit their spread.

🚨 How & why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? My article on the spread of delivery vehicles is out at Security Studies! #OpenAccess It explains: - Why the NPT allows nuclear delivery vehicles to spread - How did India acquire its #nuclear delivery technology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Well, everyone, I've found it: the academic paper with the worst pun title possible. The search can finally end. This cannot be beat.

🚨Denver folks! Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver! Date: June 2, 2025 Time: 5:30pm Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...

🚨 Colorado folks - Happening next week! Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky Time: May 19, 5:30pm Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu

🚨 Colorado folks - Happening next week! Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky Time: May 19, 5:30pm Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu

Join us next Monday for a fireside chat-style conversation between @debak.bsky.social and Dr. Vipin Narang about nuclear threats, deterrence, & proliferation! RSVP: cglink.me/2fC/r2269461 @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

Pakistan calling a meeting of the Nuclear Command Authority - the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal - is irresponsible and dangerous. Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict. www.reuters.com/world/india/...

Want to better understand the latest military escalation between India and Pakistan? Korbel Prof @debak.bsky.social breaks it down in an informative interview on KOA News Radio. Listen here: koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/ros...

I'm excited to be back at @stanfordcisac.bsky.social (CISAC) tomorrow to give a talk on my research on nuclear delivery vehicles and the global non-proliferation regime! Do come by if you are around!

What's the linkage between missile and nuclear proliferation? How does the transfer of missiles make inadvertent escalation likelier? Can deterrence save the day? @debak.bsky.social, @frhoffmann.bsky.social ,and Ejaz Haider answer these and other all-important questions. youtu.be/Yexus9m6AiA

Next week: "Delivering the Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Delivery Systems and the Global Non-proliferation Order" with @debak.bsky.social RSVP here⤵️ cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/deliv...

Amid rising concerns over a new nuclear arms race, Korbel Professor Debak Das breaks down the dangers on the @wsj.com podcast.

🎙️It was great to be on this Wall Street Journal podcast talking about the French nuclear umbrella and the dangers ofn potential nuclear proliferation. @siecenter.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @uofdenver.bsky.social Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...

🚨 Denver, next week! "The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser. Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...

🚨 New piece for @thebulletin.org! In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime. If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles. thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...

Yep- obtaining their own nuclear deterrent had been under discussion in South Korea even prior to Trump 2, but probably going to garner even more discussion as US commitments to allies waivers. Probably going to see this dynamic in many places.

Interesting bit from the NYT story on Ukraine and the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in October 2022 - US intel estimated a 50% probability of nuclear use if Russian lines in the south collapsed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Congratulations to @debak.bsky.social on his latest publication in Foreign Policy, co-authored with Rachel A. Epstein! Their article explores the future of global nuclear proliferation. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

Weeks before leaving office, President Biden opened a new door for missile proliferation by allowing the transfer of long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems. Trump should close it, @debak.bsky.social writes in @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide... #nuclearrisk #nukesky

"If President Donald Trump is serious about engaging in arms control talks with Russia and China, he should first shut down the door of missile proliferation opened by his predecessor," writes @debak.bsky.social. "Biden opened the door to missile proliferation. Trump should close it." ⬇️

🚨 New piece for @thebulletin.org! In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime. If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles. thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...

An important Friday read from Korbel Professor @debak.bsky.social

Join us on April 8th for an evening discussion of nuclear security with @debak.bsky.social and award-winning film directors of "the bomb" Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser! RSVP: lnkd.in/g5pbqnhS @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

Applications for the 2025 New Era Workshop (NEW) are now open! NEW is an annual three-day training program for PhD students in international affairs and related disciplines, held September 25-27, 2025 at the University of Denver! Applications and more info can be found on our website. Please share!

"While on the surface it might seem as though a warmer relationship between two of the world’s largest nuclear powers could reduce the risk of nuclear war, the opposite is true" writes former CISAC postdoc @debak.bsky.social in his latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

🚨 New @foreignpolicy.com piece with @epsteinprof.bsky.social! We are on the precipice of global nuclear instability, in which many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing risks of nuclear use, terrorist subversion & accidental launch foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

Check out the latest @foreignpolicy.com piece from faculty @debak.bsky.social and @epsteinprof.bsky.social - published just this morning in this critical time of both foreign & domestic policy! foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

We are on the precipice of a global turn toward nuclear instability, where many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing the risk of nuclear use, terrorist subversion, & accidental launch, write Korbel Profs @epsteinprof.bsky.social and @debak.bsky.social. A must read.

This week in the windy city, 7 of our faculty & PhD candidates are participating in the 66th ISA convention: Reconnecting International Studies! @deborahavant.bsky.social @naazneenbarma.bsky.social @debak.bsky.social @oliverkaplan.bsky.social @hilarymatfess.bsky.social @sindujaraja.bsky.social

I was at the JFK Library and Archives last December. They have some of the most supportive staff doing fantastic work - declassifying material and helping scholars with their research the world over. I hope that the library opens back up soon.

Sometimes the archives reflect your thoughts on email! #Archives #ColdWar #PresentDay

"Deterrence works till it doesn't.." Happy to be quoted in The Telegraph's story about the @thebulletin.org's Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight & the intersection of AI & nuclear. It's nice to appear in the pages of the newspaper you grew up reading! www.telegraphindia.com/world/why-sc...

IPSI alum Nick Anderson has just published "Inadvertent Expansion: How Peripheral Agents Shape World Politics"! You can find more information about this book at the link below. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Well, that's not good. Not sure that building an Iron Dome over the United States will help in managing the nuclear/climate catastrophe 89 seconds away.

This is an exciting new opportunity to take what you know and translate it into concrete policy change for the good of all. Please take a look and share with your networks. A one year, part time, well compensated chance to develop and promote policy initiatives. fas.org/career/senio...

We’re thrilled to celebrate Korbel Prof @marieberry.bsky.social who has been honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Biden for her federally funded, groundbreaking research! 🎉👏 www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up... @siecenter.bsky.social

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's return to office reut.rs/42bcP14

Very happy to be a part of this H-Diplo roundtable review discussion on Rachel Whitlark's book "All Options on the Table" with @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, @sannecjv.bsky.social, and @kuorum.bsky.social! @h-diplo.bsky.social #NukeSky #PoliSky Read it here: issforum.org/roundtables/...

Southasiasky : SEWA India is sponsoring research projects on women's informal work in India. More info here: npei.in/cfp-informal...

The Center for Nuclear Security Policy at MIT is seeking Nuclear Security Junior Fellows to serve as research assistants for faculty, researchers, and fellows on topics related to nuclear security. Fellows will report to the director of the Center for Nuclear Security Policy. (1/2)